Improvement in combined corn-planter and cultivator



JOHN W. HOLLAMAN, OF MAPLE GROVE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No.85,326, dated .Tamm/ry 1'2, 1869. n

:IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CORN-PLANTR AND CULTIVATOR.`

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concmz.-

Be it known that I, J OHN W. HOLLAMAN, of Maple Grove, in the county of Edwards, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improved Combined Corn-Planter and Gultivator; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are iliade a part of this speeication, and in which- Figure 1 is a top view or plan, a part of the seedbox1 and lid, and a portion of the seat being removed to expose'the working-parts more thoroughly.

Y Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, on the lin'e a b, iig. l.V

Fi e 3 is atransverse vertical section, on the line c d, g. 1.

The machine has double series of operating-dcvices working consecutively in the order named hereaer, and adapted to plant and cover two rows at oncc. They consist, on each side ofthe median line of themachine,.of a furrower, seed-dropper, roller, and doubleshovel covering-plow.

The oices of the parts are signified by their names. Theforward share opensa furrow. rEhe seed is dropped, by automatic devices, into the furrow. The hollowfaced roller closes in the earth upon the seed iiorn each side. The plows at the rear turn in alight furrow upon the seed, making a friable sin-face, through which the young plants will readily protrude.

The ii'ame A is mounted upon two Wheels, B B,

, which also have functions as rollers.

balance each other.

The frame has three transverse beams, E El E, to

lwhich the standards and guide-arms'of the shares are connected.

The forward share, F, has a short beam, f, infront, by which it is pivoted to the arm G, the latter being firmly bolted to the front beam, E, of' the frame.

The rear part of the share is suspended by a chain, H,fro1n a hook in the rear of the seed-box, and the forward end is connected by a chain,`l, with a bar, or the front end of the lever J, by which means the vortical adjustment of the iurrower-sharc is secured.

A separate seed-box is provided i'or each row, but the corn is dropped from each simultaneously, tlic seedslide K being continuous,andbcing moved by thc oscillation of the lever L, which is pivotcd on thc short beam M, and actuated by the contact of the cams n, on the wheel N, which is keyed upon the main axle O of the machine. f

After each impulse, the slide is returned by the spring P.

The rollers B B have concave faces, so as to press the soil inward 'from each side, towards the seed.

The upper ends ofthe rear plow-standards S are attached, by hooks, to the rear transverse beam E2 0i' the machine.

They are adapted to run on each side of the row, and are vertically adjusted by means of the lever l and chains U, the arms V, which are bolted to the beam El, traversing slots in the plow-standards as fthe plows are adjusted.

Hanging plates W travel on each side of the furrow, and fend ott' clods from above the seeds.

The levers J and T are brought into convenient relation to the drivcrs seat, so that he can raise the furrower or covering-plows ii'om the ground, or lower them to their work, as occasion may require.

In turning at the end of the row, or in travellingfrom the tield, thc furrowers are raised and the seeder placed out ot' operation, by depressing the forward lever J, and bringing it in contact with the near side of a block, Y, on the seed-slide,d1'iving the said slide over to the oii side of the machine.

A spring-catch, X, then locks the lever J to the standard Z, and preserves the machine in operative condition.

The level' L is thereby held out of contact with the cams onthe wheel N.

The operation is as follows:

The hoppcrs are furnished with seed, and the machine brought into position at the end ofthe row, ready to begin work.

As the team progresses, thei'orward share on each side makes a furrow, and at regulated intervalsthe cams on the Wheel N oscillate the lever L, and bring thc contents oi' thc pockets in the slide K over the holesin the floors, through which the seed falls down thctubes H', in the rcar ofthe furrowers, and reaches the ground. The rollers follow and close in the soil from each side. The covcring-plows throw soil upon the seed-row, the plates W warding off the clods.

Un reaching the end of the rows, the levers J and l are. depressed by hand and foot, respectively, raising the plows and locking the seed-slide out of operative condition.

The machine is then turned to commence another row, taking care. that the point of dropping the first 2 axie O, When Constructed and. arranged substantially i To the above specification of my invention, I have as and for the purposes set forth. signed my hand, this 4th day of September, 1868.

2. The arrangement ofthe lever J its catch X, and JOHN 7. HOLLAMANZ standard Z, acting in conjunction with the seed-slide K and its stud Y, and with the furrower-piows F, to WIUGSSGS: maintain the fnlrower and seeding-devices out of 0p- F. D. PRESTON,

eration, when required.

O. KNIGHT. 

